Nevada Press Foundation 2021 Awards of Excellence

SWEEPSTAKES

Editorial Cartoon of the Year 
Las Vegas Sun
Mike Smith

Editorial of the Year 
Las Vegas Sun
Ric Anderson

Video of the Year 
Reno Gazette-Journal
Jason Bean

Photo of the Year 
Reno Gazette-Journal
Jason Bean

Podcast of the Year 
The Reno Slant 
Nathan Shoup, Adam Shoup

Journalist of Merit 
Las Vegas Sun
Justine Emerson

Story of the Year 
First-Place Tie
Reno Gazette-Journal
The Nevada Independent, Megan Messerly

Outstanding Journalist 
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Rio Lacanlale

Outstanding Visual Journalist 
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Hagar

Video Program or Series 
Las Vegas Review-Journal

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

General Excellence (Rural)
1st Boulder City Review
2nd Elko Daily Free Press
3rd Nevada Appeal

General Excellence (Magazines)
1st edible Reno-Tahoe
2
nd rjmagazine
3rd Tahoe Quarterly

General Excellence (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
2nd Las Vegas Sun
3rd Las Vegas Weekly

General Online Excellence (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
3rd The Nevada Independent

General Online Excellence (Rural)
1st Nevada Appeal
2nd Pahrump Valley Times
3rd The Record-Courier

General Online Excellence (Magazines)
1st edible Reno-Tahoe
2nd Getaway Reno/Tahoe
3rd rjmagazine

ALPHABETICAL BY CATEGORY

Advertising General Excellence (Magazines)
1st edible Reno-Tahoe
Jaci Goodman
2nd Nevada Magazine, 
Carrie Roussel, Alexandria Olivares-Wenzel

Advertising General Excellence (Rural)
1st The Record-Courier
Tara Addeo
2nd Nevada Appeal
3rd Pahrump Valley Times
Heather Ruth, Dolores Sarantes, Charlotte Uyeno, Gail Smith, Racheal Walker, Bianca Graeff 

Advertising Innovation (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Chase Rankin
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Emma Cauthorn 
3rd This Is Reno
Bob Conrad, Tallac Strategies, Aces Studios

Black and White Ad (Rural)
1st Tonopah Times Bonanza
Heather Ruth
2nd Pahrump Valley Times
Heather Ruth
3rd Tonopah Times Bonanza
Heather Ruth

Breaking News Reporting (Rural)
1st Pahrump Valley Times
Robin Hebrock 
2nd Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Jeff Mullins

Breaking News Reporting (Urban)
1st The Nevada Independent
Michelle Rindels, Riley Snyder
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
3rd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jason Hidalgo

Business Feature Story (Magazines)
1st edible Reno-Tahoe
Barbara Twitchell
2nd N. Nevada Business Weekly
Kaleb M. Roedel
3rd Tahoe Quarterly
David Bunker

Business Feature Story (Rural)
1st Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson
2nd Elko Daily Free Press
Toni Milano
3rd Mason Valley News
Amy Alonzo

Business Feature Story (Urban)
1st The Nevada Independent
Howard Stutz
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jenny Kane
3rd The Nevada Independent
Jackie Valley

Business Spot News Story (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Subrina Hudson
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jason Hidalgo
3rd The Nevada Independent
Sean Golonka

Business Spot News Story (Rural)
1st Sparks Tribune
Kayla Anderson
2nd Mason Valley News
Amy Alonzo
3rd Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson

Color Print Ad (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Tony Morales
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
David Sly
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jorge Betancourt, David Sly, Malachi Schlink

Color Print Ad (Magazines)
1st Nevada Magazine
Alexandria Olivares-Wenzel
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Dany Haniff
3rd Las Vegas Weekly
Dany Haniff

Color Print Ad (Rural)
1st Nevada Appeal
Mike McGarvey
2nd Pahrump Valley Times
Dolores Sarantes
3rd Lahontan Valley News
Mike McGarvey

Community Service (Rural)
1st Pahrump Valley Times
Robin Hebrock 
2nd Nevada Appeal
Jessica Garcia
3rd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand

Community Service (Magazines, Urban)
1st Reno Gazette-Journal
Siobhan McAndrew, Jason Bean
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Ric Anderson
3rd Las Vegas Weekly

Criticism (Urban)
1st Double Scoop
Josie Glassberg
2nd Double Scoop
Brent Holmes
3rd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jason Hidalgo

Digital Ad (Magazines, Urban, Rural)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
Dany Haniff
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Malachi Schlink, David Memmott
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Susan Goddard

Editorial Page (Rural)
1st The Record-Courier
2nd Elko Daily Free Press
Jeff Mullins
3rd Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson, Adam Trumble

Editorial Page (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
John Kerr
2nd The Nevada Independent
John L. Smith, Orrin Johnson, David Colborne, Jon Ralston, Michael Schaus
3rd Las Vegas Sun
Ric Anderson 

Editorial Writing (Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
Jeff Mullins
2nd Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson
3rd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand

Editorial Writing (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
John Kerr
2nd Las Vegas Sun
Ric Anderson 
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Victor Joecks

Entertainment Feature Story (Magazines)
1st N. Nevada Business Weekly
Kaleb M. Roedel
2nd edible Reno-Tahoe
Claire McArthur
3rd Las Vegas Magazine
Alex Haase

Entertainment Feature Story (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jenny Kane
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Christopher Lawrence 

Entertainment News Story (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Christopher Lawrence 
2nd Las Vegas Sun
Brock Radke
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Heidi Knapp Rinella, Al Mancini

Explanatory Journalism (Rural)
1st Mason Valley News
Amy Alonzo
2nd Elko Daily Free Press
Toni Milano
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Jeff Mullins

Explanatory Journalism (Magazines)
1st Elevate NV
Richard Gubbe
2nd Nevada Magazine
Eric Cachinero

Explanatory Journalism (Urban)
1st. The Nevada Independent
Daniel Rothberg
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gary Martin
3rd Las Vegas Weekly
C. Moon Reed, Leslie Ventura, Sara Macneil, Genevie Durano

Feature Photo (Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
Toni Milano
2nd Boulder City Review
Celia Shortt Goodyear
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Cynthia Delaney

Feature Photo (Magazines)
1st rjmagazine
Rachel Aston
2nd rjmagazine
Rachel Aston
3rd RANGE magazine
Larry Angier

Feature Photo (Urban)
1st Reno Gazette-Journal
Andy Barron
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Hager
3rd The Nevada Independent
Jeff Scheid

Feature Writing (Magazines)
1st Tahoe Quarterly
Matthew Renda
2nd Tahoe Quarterly
Michael Kennedy
3rd rjmagazine
Janna Karel

Feature Writing (Rural)
1st Boulder City Review
Hali Bernstein Saylor 
2nd Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson
3rd Boulder City Review
Hali Bernstein Saylor

Feature Writing (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
C. Moon Reed
2nd The Nevada Independent
Jackie Valley
3rd Las Vegas Weekly
Brock Radke, Genevie Durano, Spencer Patterson, Ricardo Torres-Cortez, Sara Macneil, C. Moon Reed

Freedom of the Press (Magazines, Urban, Rural)
1st RANGE magazine
Dave Daley, Dave Skinner, Marjorie Haun, C.J. Hadley, John Bardwell
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Michael Scott Davidson, Arthur Kane, Review-Journal Editorial Board
3rd Las Vegas Weekly
Ric Anderson

Headline Writing (Rural)
1st Boulder City Review
Hali Bernstein Saylor
2nd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Jeff Mullins

Headline Writing (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Sun
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Rhonda Prast
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Brian Sandford

Health News Story (or series) (Urban)
1st The Nevada Independent
Megan Messerly
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
Anjeanette Damon
3rd The Nevada Independent
Megan Messerly

Health News Story (or series) (Rural)
1st Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson
2nd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Anthony Mori

In-House Advertising (Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
2nd Nevada Appeal
Mike McGarvey
3rd Pahrump Valley Times
Heather Ruth

In-House Advertising (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Angie Gutting
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Olivia Kuntz, Malachi Schlink
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal

In-House Advertising (Magazines)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
Dany Haniff
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Dany Haniff 
3rd Las Vegas Weekly
Dany Haniff

Investigative Story (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Art Kane
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Art Kane, Rachel Crosby, Michael Scott Davidson
3rd The Nevada Independent
Daniel Rothberg

Investigative Story (Magazines)
1st RANGE magazine
Marjorie Haun
2nd RANGE magazine
Dave Skinner

Investigative Story (Rural)
1st Pahrump Valley Times
Jeffrey Meehan
2nd Mason Valley News
Amy Alonzo
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Toni Milano, Cynthia Delaney, Serenity Orr

Local Column (Rural)
1st Boulder City Review
Hali Bernstein Saylor
2nd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand
3rd Lahontan Valley News
David Henley

Local Column (Magazines)
1st Elevate NV
Beth Schwartz
2nd RANGE magazine
C.J. Hadley
3rd edible Reno-Tahoe
Michael C. Moberly

Local Column (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
Brock Radke
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
Brett McGinness
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Mick Akers

Local Non-Staff Column (Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
Vince Juaristi
2nd Lahontan Valley News
Jeanette Strong
3rd Sparks Tribune
Andrew Barbano

Local Non-Staff Column (Magazines, Urban)
1st The Nevada Independent
Martha Menendez 
2nd Nevada Current
Carrie Kaufman
3rd The Nevada Independent
John L. Smith

Local Sports Column (Urban, Rural)
1st Lahontan Valley News
Thomas Ranson
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Ed Graney
3rd Las Vegas Sun
Ray Brewer 

Multiple Photo Essay or Gallery (Rural)
1st Mineral County Independent-News
Eric Dahlberg
2nd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand
3rd Elko Daily Free Press
Cynthia Delaney

Multiple Photo Essay or Gallery (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Hager
2nd Las Vegas Sun
Steve Marcus 
3rd Reno Gazette-Journal
Chelcey Adami, Andy Barron, Jason Bean

Multiple Photo Essay or Gallery (Magazines)
1st Nevada Magazine 
2nd Nevada Magazine
3rd edible Reno-Tahoe
Michael Okimoto, Andrea Laue, Shaun Hunter, Candice Vivien

News Feature Story (Rural)
1st Mason Valley News
Amy Alonzo 
2nd Mason Valley News
Amy Alonzo 
3rd Humboldt Sun
Ashley Maden

News Feature Story (Magazines, Urban)
1st Reno Gazette-Journal
Siobhan McAndrew
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jenny Kane
3rd Las Vegas Sun
Ricardo Torres-Cortez

News Obituary (Rural)
1st Sparks Tribune
Kayla Anderson
2nd Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson
3rd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand

News Obituary (Urban)
1st Reno Gazette-Journal
Siobhan McAndrew
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
C. Moon Reed
3rd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jenny Kane

News Photo Coverage (Urban)
1st Reno Gazette-Journal
Jason Bean
2nd Reno Gazette-Journal
Jason Bean
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Hager, L.E. Baskow, Chase Stevens 

News Photo Coverage (Rural)
1st Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson
2nd Elko Daily Free Press
Cynthia Delaney
3rd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand

Niche Magazine (Urban, Rural)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
Elizabeth Brown, Emma Cauthorn, Jennifer Inaba 
2nd Elko Daily Free Press
3rd Elko Daily Free Press

Non-Staff Story (Magazines)
1st rjmagazine
Jason M. Glionna
2nd rjmagazine
John M. Glionna
3rd rjmagazine
Jason M. Glionna

Non-Staff Story (Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
Tim Burmeister
2nd Lahontan Valley News
Marie Nygren
3rd The Record-Courier
Lisa Gavon

Non-Staff Story (Urban)
1st The Nevada Independent
Savanna Strott
2nd The Nevada Independent
Savanna Strott
3rd Vegas Legal Magazine
Valerie Miller

Overall Design (Rural)
1st Boulder City Review
Jenny Scheid, Hali Bernstein Saylor
2nd Pahrump Valley Times
Jessica Sterling 
3rd Tonopah Times Bonanza
Jessica Sterling 

Overall Design (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
2nd Las Vegas Sun
John Taylor

Overall Design (Magazines)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
2nd edible Reno-Tahoe
Freeman Design Group 
3rd Nevada Magazine
Kippy Spilker, Alexandria Olivares-Wenzel

Page One Design / Cover Design (Magazines)
1st Las Vegas Magazine
2nd rjmagazine
Mark Antonuccio
3rd Las Vegas Weekly
Corlene Byrd, Ian Racoma

Page One Design / Cover Design (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Sun
John Taylor 
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
LeeAnn Elias
3rd Reno Gazette-Journal
Bill Wambeke

Photo Illustration (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
Wade Vandervort 
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Wade Vandervort 
3rd Las Vegas Weekly
Yasmina Chavez

Portrait (Magazines)
1st Reno-Tahoe
Lou Manna
2nd RANGE magazine
Larry Turner
3rd edible Reno-Tahoe
Candice Vivien

Portrait (Rural)
1st Lahontan Valley News
Thomas Ranson
2nd Boulder City Review
Hali Bernstein Saylor
3rd Boulder City Review
Hali Bernstein Saylor

Portrait (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Weekly
Christopher Devargas
2nd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Hager
3rd The Nevada Independent
Jeff Scheid

Special Event (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Melissa McCabe, Wanda Blair, Chase Rankin
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Katie Dixon, Samantha Petsch 
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Melissa McCabe, Wanda Blair, Chase Rankin

Special Project (Magazines, Urban, Rural)
1st RANGE magazine
Ves Quinlan, Bill Jones, John Bardwell, C.J. Hadley
2nd Nevada Magazine
Eric Cachinero, Megg Mueller, Kippy Spilker, Alexandria Olivares-Wenzel
3rd Lahontan Valley News
Steve Ranson, David Henley, Kenneth Beaton

Special Section (Editorial, Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
Toni Milano, Cynthia Delaney, Nathan Havenner, Serenity Orr
2nd The Record-Courier
Kurt Hildebrand
3rd The Record-Courier
Tara Addeo, Kurt Hildebrand

Special Section (Editorial, Urban)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Jennifer Inaba, Emma Cauthorn 
3rd Las Vegas Weekly

Special Section or Campaign (Advertising, Rural)
1st Pahrump Valley Times
Heather Ruth
2nd The Record-Courier
Tara Addeo

Sports Feature Writing (Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
Anthony Mori
2nd Lahontan Valley News
Thomas Ranson
3rd Sparks Tribune
Kayla Anderson

Sports Feature Writing (Magazines)
1st Tahoe Quarterly
Sylas Wright
2nd Nevada Magazine
Eric Cachinero
3rd Tahoe Quarterly
Kyle Magin

Sports Feature Writing (Urban)
1st Reno Gazette-Journal
Jim Krajewski
2nd Las Vegas Weekly
Case Keefer 
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sam Gordon

Sports Photo (Urban, Rural)
1st Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Hager
2nd Las Vegas Sun
Steve Marcus 
3rd Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Hager

Sports Spot News Story (Rural)
1st Elko Daily Free Press
Anthony Mori
2nd Elko Daily Free Press
Anthony Mori
3rd Lahontan Valley News
Thomas Ranson

Sports Spot News Story (Urban)
1st Las Vegas Sun
Mike Grimala
2nd Las Vegas Sun
Case Keefer 
3rd Las Vegas Sun
Justin Emerson

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